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Team News Samba Diakité is in line to make his QPR debut when manager Mark Hughes welcomes his former club Fulham to Loftus Road.

The midfielder, who has joined Rangers on loan until the end of the season from Nancy, will be in the squad for the first time having reached the semi-finals of the African Nations Cup with Mali.

Bobby Zamora also faces his old club but fellow striker Djibril Cisse is suspended, while Heidar Helguson (groin), DJ Campbell and Luke Young (both hamstring) are still injured.

Andrew Johnson will return to the Fulham squad for the game.

The 31-year-old striker has been out for several weeks with a left adductor injury but returns to face the club that tried to sign him during the January transfer window.

Fellow strikers Pavel Pogrebnyak and Orlando Sa are also available, while Philippe Senderos returns after a grade two strain in his left adductor. Zdenek Grygera (knee) and Steve Sidwell (hernia) are the only first-team players unavailable.

Match Notes A tense afternoon in Shepherd's Bush as QPR manager Mark Hughes and deadline-day signing Bobby Zamora come up against former club Fulham.

QPR will be looking to avenge a 6-0 hammering at Craven Cottage in October, when Zamora was on the home side's scoresheet, though their most pressing need is to start banking home points after a run of five defeats in home seven matches, leaving them above the relegation zone on goal difference only.

Betting: Home 13-8, Away 17-10, Draw 9-4.

Stat of the game: Fulham have the worst away record in the Premier League with just eight points.